Number of workstations in each island
Bikar Bikini Bokak Rongerik Total
Benthic BRUVS 16 18 24 11 69
Benthic survey 11 16 16 13 56
Deep sea cameras 10 4 12 9 35
Environmental DNA 6 10 8 6 30
Fish surveys 15 16 16 13 60
Pelagic BRUVS 7 9 8 6 30
Seabird survey 26 32 27 28 113
Submersible survey 5 2 3 3 13
Turtle nest survey 6 0 0 9 15
Vegetation survey 6 0 6 4 16
Microplastics 0 4 7 6 17
Traverse 0 11 0 4 15
sum 108 122 127 112 469

Nautical miles traveled

1917

Hours underwater

200

Data collected

18 Tb

Number of fish surveys by island, habitat, and exposure
Bikar Bikini Bokak Rongerik
Lagoon
Patchreef 4 1 4 3
Backreef NA 4 NA NA
Leeward
Forereef 8 8 6 7
Windward
Forereef 3 3 6 3
Fish survey locations
Number of benthos surveys by island, habitat, and exposure
Bikar Bikini Bokak Rongerik
Lagoon
Patchreef 2 1 4 3
Backreef NA 4 NA NA
Leeward
Forereef 6 8 6 7
Windward
Forereef 3 3 6 3
Benthos survey locations
Water filtered (liters) for eDNA extraction in each island
Bottom Surface
Bikar 36 36
Bikini 58 42
Bokak 48 48
Rongerik 36 36
Number of benthic BRUVS deployed in each island
depth_range n_deployments
Bikar 14-39 16
Bikini 11-44 18
Bokak 6-47 24
Rongerik 10-32 11
Number of deep sea cameras deployed in each island by depth strata
Bikar Bikini Bokak Rongerik
0 - 200 m 1 NA NA NA
200 - 500 m 2 NA 1 1
500 - 1,000 m 1 2 3 5
1,000 - 2,500 m 6 2 8 3
Number of submersible surveys in each island
n_deployments min_depth max_depth
Bikar 5 180 275
Bikini 2 50 250
Bokak 3 130 250
Rongerik 3 250 263
Number of bird surveys in each island
Land Sea
Bikar 8 18
Bikini 14 19
Bokak 8 19
Majuro Atoll NA 2
Rongerik 14 14
Transit NA 2
Transit to Utirik NA 2
Utirik 2 1
Number of vegetation surveys per island
Flora relative abundance Pisonia forest density
Bikar 3 3
Bokak 6 NA
Rongerik 1 3
Number of traverses and distance covered (m2) per island
n_surveys cum_dist_m
Bikini 11 6060.582
Rongerik 4 1117.930
    Number of turle surveys per island
    sublocation n_surveys
    Bikar Bikar 5
    Bikar Jabwelo 1
    Rongerik Bock 7
    Rongerik N Traverse Is 1
    Rongerik Rongerik 1